2018 School Summer Holiday Activities in Wiltshire


Wiltshire Council works in partnership with local and national organisations to give young people across the county the opportunity to try new sports and keep active throughout the holidays.


Activities include StreetGames, Get Active sports camps, sessions for people with a disability and activities at our local Health and Wellbeing Centres.


Get Active sports camps include athletics, basketball, cricket, dance, tennis and football, and are run


alongside partners including Wiltshire Cricket, Wiltshire Tennis and Swindon Town Football in the Community. Camps are open to all abilities, regardless of previous experience. They are intended to be fun, enjoyable and inclusive, and provide young people with challenges, games, coaching and competitions throughout the week.


Disability sports days are delivered alongside the Get Active sports camps providing young people aged 8-19 years with a disability the opportunity to join


the fun and try out one of the many sports offered. Activity days include SEN tennis, cricket, basketball and athletics.


Fit and Fed returns to Wiltshire this summer and is free to children over five years old and their families. The sessions will see young people and their parents cooking a healthy meal, playing sport and gaining advice on healthy eating.


There is also the popular Fun in the Sun programme which this summer will deliver multi-sport activities and fun games in 27 villages across Wiltshire. Sessions are 90 minutes long and are free to five to 11 year olds.


The council’s leisure centre-based holiday activity programme, Camp Activate, provides a range of exciting activities for young people aged five to 14 during the school holidays. Each week has a different theme ensuring there is something for everyone at an affordable price. The sessions are run by fully qualified staff in line with Ofsted guidelines, or trained professionals and have limited places to make sure they are run safely.


Wiltshire’s young people will also be able to enjoy free swimming during the school holidays as Wiltshire Council continues to fund free swim sessions. Children aged up to 16 can swim for free during specific public swimming sessions at their local Wiltshire Council and Places for People Leisure managed leisure centres. There is no need to book onto sessions, but they can be busy so arrive in plenty of time, and you will need to register for a free swim membership card in advance.


Intensive swimming lessons are also available at our swimming pools, giving young people the chance to practice skills learnt in regular swimming lessons, or as a great way to introduce children to swimming lessons, allowing them to gain water confidence and new skills.


Whatever sport or activity young people are interested in, there are plenty of opportunities in Wiltshire to get involved, get inspired and get active this summer. For more information about any of our programmes please contact sportsdevelopment@wiltshire.gov.uk or visit www.wiltshire.gov.uk/leisure


Hobby Horse Gymkhana


On Tuesday 24th April, 8 pupil from year’s 3 & 4 from Heytesbury Primary School took part in a West Wiltshire Schools Sports Partnership event at Warminster Sports Centre.


Led by year 8s and year 9s from Kingdown School the children competed in exciting equestrian events such as dressage, show jumping and cross country but with a difference….it was a hobby horse gymkhana!


Pitted against other local primary schools, the children showed great competitive spirit and sportsmanship as they jumped fences, manoeuvred around obstacles and cones and took part in horse relay races. Great fun was had by all!


10 Wiltshire and Swindon Relay Heytesbury Primary School


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